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http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2013/05/30/in-the-spotlight-the-weeks-top-performers-7/#commentsThu, 30 May 2013 20:53:16 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/?p=4991Here are the top performers for the week covering May 18 through this past Saturday: Santa Clara County athletes of the week Jaylen Wright, Bellarmine Sport: Track and field Events: Hurdles Class: Senior Wright ran the state’s top time (13.91… Continue Reading →

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Santa Clara County athletes of the week

Jaylen Wright, Bellarmine
Sport: Track and field
Events: Hurdles
Class: Senior
Wright ran the state’s top time (13.91 seconds) in the 110-meter high hurdles while finishing first at the Central Coast Section finals. He is seeded third at the state meet in the 300 hurdles after winning CCS in 37.52 seconds.

Greta Wagner, Los Gatos
Sport: Track and field
Events: Pole vault, relay
Class: Junior
Wagner soared 13 feet to win the Central Coast Section title in the pole vault and is seeded No. 2 heading into the state meet this weekend. Wagner also ran a leg on Los Gatos’ 4×100 relay team, which took first at CCS in 47.31.

San Mateo County athletes of the week

Michael Beery, San Mateo
Sport: Track and field
Events: 400, 200
Class: Senior
Beery, who will run at Cal next year, won the 400 meters at the Central Coast Section track and field championships with a time of 48.78 seconds. He also placed seventh in the 200 with a time of 22.65.

Candy Zhang, Aragon
Sport: Badminton
Position: No. 1 girls singles
Class: Sophomore
Zhang won her second consecutive Central Coast Section girls singles title with a 17-16, 9-15, 15-13 victory over Gunn’s Angela Lin. Zhang has yet to lose a match in her high school career and lost a set for just the second time.

Highlight reel

David Aguilar, Oak Grove track and field: Aguilar led wire-to-wire on his way to winning the 800 at the CCS championships in 1:52.15.

Jon Beering, Serra track and field: Beering won the shot put at the CCS championships with a mark of 59-9.

Matt Blais, Serra baseball: Blais pitched a three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts as the Padres beat San Benito 6-0 in the CCS Division I semifinals.

Justin Bruce, Willow Glen baseball: He threw a three-hitter in a 1-0 victory over Westmont in the CCS Division II semifinal and, two days later, threw three scoreless innings in relief in a 4-3, 11-inning win over St. Ignatius in the final.

Andrew Buchanan, Menlo golf: Buchanan tied for fourth at the Northern California golf championships with a par-72 at Diablo Grande Golf Course in Patterson and qualified for the state finals.

Yohaness Estifanos, Milpitas track and field: Estifanos held off Leland’s Richard Ho to win the 3,200 at the CCS finals in 9:07.58. Ho ran in 9:07.85.

John Gavin, St. Francis baseball: The left-hander held Serra to one hit in the CCS Division I title game as St. Francis won 10-0 in six innings.

Adrian Williams, Archbishop Mitty volleyball: He led the Monarchs with 13 kills as Mitty won the inaugural NorCal Division I regional final with a 25-20, 25-21, 25-21 victory over Deer Valley.

Matthew Wong, Archbishop Mitty track and field: Wong won the triple jump at the CCS championships in 45-41⁄4 and took second in the long jump in 23-31⁄2.

Movin’ on up

Jonathan Garrick, UCLA golf: Garrick, a freshman from St. Francis High, helped UCLA win an NCAA regional in Tempe, Ariz., with rounds of 69, 69 and 64. Currently competing at the NCAA championships, he finished fifth at the recent Pac-12 championships and made the All-Pac-12 freshman team.

Adam Loran, Cal State San Marcos golf: Loran, a 2009 graduate of Branham High, tied for second at the recent NAIA men’s golf national championships. Loran shot a four-round total of 3-under 285 to help his team finish third in the tournament.

Justin Maffei, USF baseball: Maffei, a senior from Serra High and College of San Mateo, batted .293 with 41 runs scored and 15 stolen bases as the team’s center fielder and leadoff hitter to help the Dons to a berth in the NCAA Tournament, the only Bay Area team to be included this year.

Mark Milioto, St. Gregory’s (Okla.) baseball: Milioto, who played at Evergreen Valley High and De Anza College, hit .308 this season and was named second-team All-Sooner Athletic Conference.

Kristin Sato, UC San Diego track and field: The former Valley Christian High athlete was named California Collegiate Athletic Association freshman of the year after helping UC San Diego finish second at its league championships. Sato took first in the triple jump, third in the long jump and also ran the third leg on her team’s 4×100 relay.

Vashti Thomas, Academy of Art track and field: Thomas, a senior from Mt. Pleasant High School, won the 100 hurdles in 12.70 seconds, took second in the 200 (22.75) and ran a leg on the second-place 4×100 relay team to help Academy of Art to the NCAA Division II women’s track and field championship.